Woodstock Low Power

[BobVA]

(02-14-2018 10:09 AM)PANAMATIK Wrote:  I think about to offer the LP circuit assembly only if the target is a defective unit.
What do you think?

How about this: See if the owner will accept another (failed) board that you've revived with the LP module, and let you keep the working one? Then you can keep that original board as a repair/restoration spare.

As for the physical condition, I just moved my LP board to my nicest looking HP-25. I'm using it as my day-to-day calculator and *really* enjoy seeing it on my desk, more so than a banged-up example.

I think installing the LP board in a working Woodstock raises a conundrum similar to the "resto-mod" vintage car decision: Is it better to have a perfect example of something from the past to look at, and use sparingly if at all? Or do you want to experience the excellence of that old design coupled to modern technology that makes it as good or better than something new, transforming it into something practical to use every day?

But, unlike a car, "restoring" it is as simple as swapping in the old logic board.

I was watching a TV show about a company that builds modernized 1965 Ford Mustangs (with a current engine, chassis, electronics, etc). The reporter asked "Why would you pay for this when, for the same money, you could have a real fully-vintage model?" to which the owner of the company said "Why would you want an old one when you could have this?" :-)

Bob